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Kanowna – a diggers life

17/12/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 21 July 1898, page 2 Among the Kanowna Diggers Why is a digger unlike a leopard ? was a question once asked of me. That riddle was easily answered, for the leopard cannot change his spots, and the digger can, and I think the Kanowna diggers are frequently doing it. Formerly the digger […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kanowna

William James Cecil – grave tales

17/12/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

This wonderful photograph was taken at the rear of the ‘Fancy Goods Depot’ at 65 Bayley Street, Coolgardie. In the photograph are Annie Cecil, William James ‘Jim’ Cecil, and their two sons Clyde and Les Cecil. The photograph was taken in 1906 by Jack Bayley who was Annie’s Brother-in-law. The family ran this store for […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

A Story from the Old Camp – The Murder of Mercy Gregory

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The Sunday Times, 5th November 1911 Recently, in the Old Coolgardie Cemetery, a kindly hand repainted the lettering on a rough wooden tomb slab erected to the memory of Arthur Court, the son of the late Dr Court, the once well-known philanthropist of Melbourne. The young fellow had been drinking heavily for months in mid-1894 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Blood Red Days of the Golden West –

10/12/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Truth – Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 LIKE every other gold-rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. BUT it was not until the terrible hardships of the pioneers were known to have been […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Goldfields History, Mt Magnet, Western Australia

The Corrick Family Entertainers

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BOULDER- TOWN HALL. ‘THE CORRICK FAMILY” Saturday 14th August 1909. The Corrick Family  continued their Boulder season last night. There was a large attendance in the popular portion of the house. The items of the program consisted of orchestral selections and choruses by the full strength of the company and a fine hand bell performance, […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Goldfields History, Western Australia

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